Seattle is one of the top three theater towns in the United States. In this indepth interview the 5th Avenue Theatre’s Executive Producer and Artistic Director, David Armstrong talks about the Seattle theater community with Doug Bursch of Live from Seattle. David Armstrong Interview
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A Review of the 5th Avenue Theater’s Oklahoma! It’s “wonderfully disconcerting.”
The 5th Avenue’s new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is a wonderfully disconcerting pleasure to enjoy and digest. Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong has referred to Oklahoma! as “. . . truly the quintessential American musical.” The 5th Avenue embraces this truth by weaving a quintessential American tension throughout the production. This […]
Saving Aimee Shines (A Review of Kathie Lee Gifford’s New Musical)
I just witnessed the official premiere of Saving Aimee at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. First breath requires I honor the spectacular radiance of Saving Aimee’s lead, Carolee Carmello. Her portrayal of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson is best categorized as anointed. It would be inappropriate to avoid religious imagery in relaying her gloriously captivating performance. Carmello […]